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| Keywords: Afghan cavalry during 1839-42.jpg Jaunbauz or Afghan cavalry with horse bearing implements for smoking This lithograph is taken from plate 17 of 'Afghaunistan' by Lieutenant James Rattray He wrote Never were a wilder more devil-may-care set of fellows seen than the Afghan cavalry Known as Jaanbaz meaning 'life gamblers' the cavalry in the Shah's service often became mercenaries in the British army Heavily armed and very often professional robbers they became soldiers when it suited them said Rattray They take our service because we paid them well and regularly but a great deal of the savoir faire was required in the management of them He described them as naturally a restless and independent people and according to one of their own proverbs ready to bear hunger thirst cruelty and death but never - a master they by the same fate could not endure the discipline of our regulars The horse in the image has a box containing a Qalyan pipe and smoking equipment hanging from its saddle pommel with a pan of hot coals to light it slung under the horse's belly http //www bl uk/ The British Library - http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000562u00017000 html Online Gallery 1848 James Rattray 1818-1854 PD-Old PD-old-70 History of Afghanistan in art Men of Afghanistan in the 19th century Men of Afghanistan in art Military history of Afghanistan 1848 lithographs 19th-century cavalry - United Kingdom and the British Empire Irregular cavalry Cavalry of the Islamic World Clothing of Afghanistan | ||||
